Wednesday, 31 October 2012

The North West Night League has once again been sponsored by Bright Bike Lights. Details of this season's events are on this pdf. First event in the series is our own at Traitor's Gill on 24th November.

This years Spook O hailed a number of firsts: first event on a new map and new area, first time mid week, first use of SI for this event. Despite the damp conditions a good number of family groups and a few seasoned orienteers showed up ready for the mass start at Silverhelme Scout Camp. The mainly wooded area was tricky with all the paths obscured by fallen leaves, but the trickiest part was avoiding the roving vampire (Mark Edwards) who could put a hex on you, only to be lifted by a visit to the wise wizard (Quentin Harding)! A complicated rocks and crags control choice added to the fun, and mapper and planner Julian Lailey was congratulated for his efforts. The winner managed to get all controls within the allotted time and scooped the top prize. Other prizes were awarded for first family and best costume. Results are here.

SROC laid on a special sprint event in Williamson Park on Tuesday 30th October, following a request from a group of Scandinavians who are taking part in an O tour. SROC members were also invited, but unfortunately the main contingent of visitors were delayed and only an advance party were able to compete. Results may be viewed here.

Sunday, 28 October 2012

The OMM regularly attracts a strong contingent of orienteers, including a number from SROC. This year's event in the Howgills experienced some wet weather on day two but nothing to stop father and daughter pairing of Quentin and Zoe Harding winning the D class by an impressive margin. Rowena Browne and Karen Nash repeated their success of the last few years with first female veterans on class B, also 2nd vets and 14th overall on that course. For full results see http://www.theomm.com/

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Monday, 22 October 2012

As advertised earlier this year's Spook O will take place in an area new to orienteering: Silver Helm near Silverdale. Please note that the date has now been changed to Wednesday 31st October to get the full Halloween experience! Details of the event, parking, timing etc will be published soon so check back here. You can be sure of ghoulish thrills and horrific happenings. Costume encouraged but not compulsory. All ages catered for, not to be missed!

Sunday, 21 October 2012

A fantastic day of continuous sunshine greeted officials and competitors at Simpson Ground today. Younger members of WCOC, LOC and SROC were competing for a place in the Yvette Baker Trophy final, and Lakeland triumphed in a close match with West Cumberland. Provisional YBT results may be viewed here. Results for all courses are published here. Links to colour standards, RouteGadget and other analysis tools are available via the results index. Lost property: if you are down one pair of O shoes please contact the organiser to claim them back. More photos in the gallery.

The official team placings have yet to be announced but it seems clear that England will have won the JHI held over the weekend at Headley Heath and Wisley Common. SROC's Zoe Harding triumphed in the W18 individual event, finishing just 2 seconds clear of her England team mate Florence Haines. Results are here.

Friday, 12 October 2012

SROC’s Heather Gardner finished 3rd in last Sunday's final event of the
Women's UK Cup at Hameldon, securing 3rd place overall. First place in the overall standings went to Sarah Rollins, second to
Rachael Rothman with Heather edging out Tess Hill and Claire Ward, both
British Champions and in the British WOC Squad. Heather now starts her winter training, in preparation for next year's
racing season.